Pollinators

evident when an enormous quantity of worker bees flee and when the queen is left with adolescence bees with plenty of honey to consume. Neonicotinoids, a main pesticide used by not just farmers but the public as well, effects not just bees but other pollinators too such as butterflies. According to Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) in the article Bee Declines and Links with Pesticides “more than 25 products containing neonicotinoids are available to the public as treatments. . .”(2) those…

In the article, “Climate Change a Major Threat to Bumble Bees” by Jane Ogilvie, stated that there are climate changes causing for the decreasing of flower availability throughout the seasons. And as for bumble bees, their main source of food would be pollen, which are from the flowers. The main cause for the flowers would be the snow melts, since it melts early causing the flowering seasons to be extended longer. Affecting the whole global climate circle then only having the remains of the…

are often referred to as the “king” of butterflies because of their beauty. These butterflies are patterned black, orange, and white which warns predators that they are poisonous. Monarch butterflies are ecologically important because they are pollinators. Since monarchs migrate they are able to pollinate plants throughout their trip. In recent times there has been a decline in the number of monarch butterflies that exist throughout North America. This decline has…

Bees are beautiful insects that do great service for our environment. They help pollinate flowers and plants to create an area full of rich biodiversity. The world depends on them so much because they are responsible for one-third of all fruit and vegetable production. But what would happen to the world’s food production if they all just disappeared? Colony collapse disorder or (CCD) is the case that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind the queen.…

Why are Bees Vanishing? (Article project by Lara Boyle) Many dilemmas have occurred in the last one hundred years. Most of them have to do with our crisis with the problem of global warming. Unlike most problems, some of the issues like why bees are vanishing can cause a great disruption in our economy and way of life. The bee population in the United States and in Europe have decreased majorly, leading bees to soon become endangered. In the United States alone, up to one-third of commercial…

on bee pollination. Without bee pollination we would have crops such as apples, cucumbers, squash etc. Without bees the pollination of our crops and flower would either not occur at all or would be less efficient. Bees are extremely productive pollinators. They are apart of large colonies that can be moved around when needed and work together to make the process productive. They have a process called flower fidelity where they focus solely on one specific species of the flower as a group and…

Both the reading passage and the listening lecture are discussing methods to eliminate cane toads from their new environments in Australia. The writer asserts that there have been successful method in getting rid of the cane toads from the sugar cane fields of Australia. However, the lecturer disagrees with the writer's opinion by claiming that the three methods were not successful at all. First, the author claims that humans physically capturing and killing the cane toads has been effective.…

The Bee shown in the image displayed on the course website is of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee (Bombus Affinis). This unique bumblebee has recently received attention from many environmental agencies. On January 11th, it received protections given by the U.S. Endangered Species Act. This is the very first variation of bumblebee to be place on the list. Rusty patched bumblebees are considered as a very social insect, living in colonies led by a single queen. Workers and males are designated by…

The species Callosobruchus maculatus is known to be pestiferous, and has the potential to cause significant financial damage to legume agriculture. In the past decade, significant progress has been made to identity different materials capable of controlling pestiferous insect infestation without causing damage to plants or negatively affecting animals and humans. Herein, we investigate the effects of glucose, ethanol, acetic acid, and sodium hydroxide treatments on the mortality and fecundity of…

PESTICIDES: THE UGLY, THE BAD AND THE BEES. To pesticide or not to pesticide? The correct answer for this question is no! Pesticides should be banned because these products have harmful effects to many living things. One of the most important pollinators on the planet, bees, are an organism that is highly affected by pesticides. Pesticides contribute to many health problems in adults and children. Pesticides today contaminate our food and water, along with hurting the environment in other…